George Jerome Waldo Goodman

Background

Goodman, George Jerome Waldo was born on August 10, 1930 in St. Louis. Son of Alexander Mark and Viola (Cremer) Goodman.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1952;AB Rhodes scholar, Oxford (England) University, 1952-1954.

Career

Reporter Barron's, 1957. Contributing editor, associate editor Time and Fortune magazines, 1958—1960. Portfolio manager, vice president Lincoln Fund, 1960—1962.

Co-founder New York magazine, 1967, contributing editor, vice president, 1967—1977. Executive editor, then consultant Esquire, 1978—1981. 1st editor, executive vice president, board directors Institutional Investor, 1967—1972.

Chairman Continental Fidelity Group, 1980—1998, also director. Executive vice president, director Institutional Investor Systems, 1969-1972. Director USAIR, Inc., 1978-1999, Hyatt Hotels, 1977-1981, Cambrex, Inc., 1981-2003, Providentia Ltd., Sweden, 1984-1986.

Member directors advisory board Metropolitan Life, 2003^. Lecturer Harvard Business School, Princeton. Commentator NBC News, 1974, Public Broadcasting Service, since 1981.

Creator, host, editor-in-chief Adam Smith's Money World, Public Broadcasting Service, 1984-1997. 1st United States public affairs television broadcast in Russia, since 1990. Host, editor-in-chief Adam Smith's Money Game, Public Broadcasting Service, 1998-1999.

Editorial chairman New Jersey Monthly, 1976-1979. Advisory committee publications United States Tennis Association, 1978-1983. Chairman Adam Smith Global television, since 1997.

Lecturer media and global affairs Princeton University, since 2003.

Membership

Trustee Glassboro (New Jersey) State College, 1967-1971, co-chairman presidential selection committee, 1968. Trustee C.G. Jung Foundation, 1981-1988. Member advisory council economics department Princeton University, 1970-1989, chairman, 1975-1977.

Representative committee on shareholder responsibility Harvard University, 1971-1974, member visiting committee psychology and social relations department, 1974-1980—, member visiting committee Middle East Institute. Member advisory council Sloan Fellowships, Princeton University, 1976-1979, Center for International Studies, Princeton University, since 1990. Trustee The Urban Institute, 1986-1996, Foundation for Child Development, 1986-1988.

Served with Army of the United States, 1954-1956. Member of Association Harvard Alumni (board directors 1972-1975), Authors Guild 1975—2006, Authors League Fund (vice president), Council Foreign Relations, Knickerbocker Club, Century Association, Harvard Club.

Connections

Married Sallie Cullen Brophy, October 6, 1961. Children: Alexander Mark, Susannah Blake.

Father:

Alexander Mark Goodman

Mother:

Viola (Cremer) Goodman

Spouse:

Sallie Cullen Brophy

child:

Alexander Mark Goodman

child:

Susannah Blake Goodman